An abrupt southerly wind change, often producing strong and squally winds and sometimes accompanied by thunderstorms and a sharp drop in temperature. These strike Sydney mainly during the summer months.

25 May 2003

RSS and mediaAn extraordinary number of Ozploggers show a close familiarity with the Christian Science Monitor. Now you'd expect news sources like Sydney Morning Herald, the NeoconianAustralian. You'd expect the BBC and the Guardian.

But the Christian Science Monitor? How many Christian Scientists do we have on this continent? Could the CSM's incredibly useful RSS syndication have anything to do with the rate at which they get quoted? And isn't it time the ABC and other Australian news sources established their own?